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English Thesaurus

1. curlews (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bird genus,
definition	:	a genus of birds (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	curlew,
definition	:	large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family scolopacidae, scolopacidae,
definition	:	sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitchers (noun.animal)